We're in conversation with independent archivist and educator Cassia Clarke as she introduces her new book Preserving the Familial Archive, facilitated by writer, playwright, artist/curator and scholar Michael McMillan. Preserving the Familial Archive is Cassia Clarke’s debut publication, offering practical, sustainable, and cost-effective strategies for preserving printed photographic archives in your home. Covering everything from fact-finding, handling, packaging, storage, making tough choices, and the emotional complexities of preservation. Cassia also shares personal anecdotes from her own preservation journey, making the process both relatable and insightful.
Cassia Clarke is an independent community archivist and artist educator whose work focuses on acquiring, critiquing, reconstructing, and sharing knowledge, with an emphasis on compassionate conservation and person-centred facilitation. Cassia prioritises learning as a form of freedom and enjoyment.
Michael McMillan, Arts.D. is a British born writer, playwright, artist/curator and scholar to parents from St Vincent & the Grenadines, who is best known for the much-loved and critically acclaimed The Front Room installation that has been iterated nationally and internationally. His interdisciplinary practice centres around the praxis (theory and practice) of ‘the creative process, ethnography, oral histories, material culture and performativity’.
Preserving the Familial Archive
6 August 2025 at 1830 (BST), £5
London Archives, 40 Northampton Road, London, EC1R 0HB
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